Re: PackageKit UI

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 18:11 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Richard Hughes wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 16:45 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> * Why are you not using the application icons in the left side
> >> instead
> >> of the right corner completely disconnected from the app itself?
> >
> > The icons in the list change as you select them, for instance a trash
> > icon is overlaid when it's to be deleted. There's also a non-trivial
> > cost of looking up each themed icon which can slow the GUI down a lot.
>
> Can that be done async?
Ohh, I guess so, yes.
> >> * What about group installation and removals?
> >
> > Still in the planning state, I've yet to find a good UI for any of this.
> > Yell if you can think of a good one.
>
> Pirut did it in the context menu and providing a button when you click
> on a group. You might want to check that out.
Yes, I've checked it out and it didn't seem very obvious to me - it also
ties PackageKit into the native comps mapping which it already maps to
more abstract groups.
Richard.